Last week, when I worked with Britni from Inspyre Boutique, she gave me a GIANT zucchini. The size you can’t find in the stores. And asked me to make something with it because she was sick of just sautéed and grilled zucchini. Automatically I thought of a dessert recipe, of course, but she told me she wasn’t super in to sweets so I decided making a pasta would be a better idea. Dang it. And you know what? We always eat our zucchini pasta warm, why not have a cold pasta this time? Boom. A recipe was born.
But since the zucchini was the size of a newborn, it was tough to spiralize it on my Paderno Spiralizer, so instead I used my Julienne Slicer instead, which is much cheaper and smaller in size if you’re looking to spiralize some veggies. Just a fact for your day.
So if your garden is birthing human sized zucchinis like crazy, here are a handful of zucchini recipes from my site!
Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Steak Pasta
Asian Peanut Sauce Noodle Bowl
I hate keeping secrets. I’m not good at it. If it’s someone super important to me who asks me to keep a secret, then for sure, I can shut my mouth. But if it’s a secret not worth holding in, I’m terrible. Like the one I have now. I’m constantly instagramming on the project work I’m doing, which I’m obviously keeping a secret about, and it’s killing me. All I want to do is tell you and the word vomit is right at the back of my throat…but alas. Instead I will keep just pushing it down until the right time comes. So you can just be annoyed with me instead. Great.
Guess what?! I go to San Diego soon. Yep. I love that city. It’s just gorgeous. I really wouldn’t mind living there if it wasn’t about a bazillion dollars to live on the beach. Anywho, last time I stopped in San Diego, it was for a book signing for our first book tour. This time it is for a giveaway for a person who won an all exclusive paid trip to San Diego to celebrate The Paleo Kitchen cookbook! This second trip means I will have A LOT more room in my suitcase as well as a lot more time to do a little San Diego fun. You know what that means!! SHOPPPPPPING!! There is an adorable boutique right down the street from my hotel called Vocabulary that I will absolutely be stopping by while I walk to the restaurants in Little Italy. Do you guys know of any other boutiques in San Diego? Please please say yes.
Cold Citrus Shrimp Zoodle Bowl
- Yield: 3-4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 pound peeled, uncooked shrimp
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 2 tablespoons butter (or coconut oil, etc.)
- 1 very large zucchini (or 3 medium) spiraled or julienne sliced
- zest of 1/2 a lime
- juice of 1 lime
- zest of 1/2 a lemon
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 3 clementines, peeled and separated
- 1/4 cup basil leaves, roughly chopped
- pinch of black pepper
Instructions
- Place a large saute pan over medium heat, add butter.
- While pan is heating up, pat shrimp dry with paper towels then sprinkle with garlic powder and salt. Place in hot pan and cooked on both sides for about 2-3 minutes per side.
- Once shrimp are done cooking, remove and set aside in a glass bowl.
- In the pan still over medium heat, add zucchini noodles and toss for 2-3 minutes just to get the zucchini tender. Then place in bowl with shrimp.
- Lastly, in a small bowl, whisk together zest, juice, olive oil, and salt.
- Pour over shrimp and noodles, then fold in clementines and basil.
- Place in refrigerator to let cool for an hour.
- Add a pinch of black pepper before serving.
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I’ve never been to San Diego but I’ve heard so many great things about it! I would love to go there one day. Anyway, this cold citrus shrimp zoodle dish looks so refreshing! It’s perfect for the summer!
A combo I Wouldn’t have thought of but I like it! And yet another reason I need a spiralizer…
Can I say that I am infinitely jealous of the person that won this trip?
Oh this is just adding to the reasons I need s spiralizer. One of these days, maybe I’ll ask for Christmas! Haha Thanks for this recipe. I love all things with SHRIMP! 🙂
This looks AMAZING! Shrimp, citrus, and zoodles…these are a few of my favorite things!
Looks so good! I’m doing zucchini noodles tonight but don’t have the shrimp, but this will be my next noodle dish. Perfect for summer and looks fancy 🙂
Hi! How ironic I just found your blog (searching sweet potato cookies) and got hooked! I live in San Diego. Check out Closet and PinkZone for cute affordable clothes.
Julie, I highly recommend that you check out The Fabulous Rag. I used to shop there all of the time when I lived in San Diego! Their clothes are really well made, super cute and you won’t find them in other stores.
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This recipe (and your links) came at perfect timing! My Mum handed me what can only be described as a monster courgette yesterday, it’s massive and I was wondering what to do with it!
Thanks Juli!
Lots of cute boutiques/shops in Pacific Beach and La Jolla. My favorite place to shop when I lived out there was Pangaea Outpost (http://www.pangaeaoutpost.com/) there are a ton of vendors under one roof and a lot of it is fair trade, which is awesome! If you’re looking for a spot to eat while you’re shopping in that area, you cant beat Costa Brava in Pacific Beach (Spanish Tapas… yum!) Have a blast, I loveee San Diego!